Advantage Is Ours In Global Military Balance
A summary of intelligence opinions comparing Western and Communist powers. Western nations lead in production and efficiency while Communist forces boast higher numbers under arms. Logistics, slave labor, and supply issues are cited as limiting Soviet and Chinese military effectiveness. The piece argues economic pressure as a path to curb Communist influence.
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United States
Canada
Russia
Korea
Red China
Europe
China
Revival of Nazism Surprises After German Vote
A new Nazi style party in Germany gains 368000 votes in an election amid claims the program echoes Hitler era features. Leader Count Westarp denies planned religious or racial persecution while recalling earlier pro German sentiments. Critics note wartime plunder and media censorship under Hitler, and question why Nazism did not gain more support.
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Germany
Socialist Reich Party
Hitler
Count Westarp
Einger Wilhelm II
25 Years Ago Today Review of June 13 1926 Gazett LOCAL items
Spanish American War veterans meet in Charleston for their annual encampment. Morgantown engineer Harold Dusenberry, 20, died after a fall from a automobile at Uniontown Pa as police investigate. In national news a state senator announced a gubernatorial bid and Cardinal invitees arrived in New York for a eucharistic congress in Chicago. An Ohio River project aims a nine foot depth Cairo to Pittsburgh. Russian stamp expert Theodore brings rare volumes to New York exhibit. Anne Gould de Talleyrand inherits a large estate. Foreign notes include an American astronomer pegging a near moon, and a plan to circle the globe in under 30 days by air and rail.
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Gazett
Charleston
Harold Dusenberry
Morgantown
Uniontown
Pennsylvania
H.W
Italy
Hungary
France
Spain
Austria
Ireland
New York
Chicago
Cairo
Pittsburgh
Touschin
Theodore
U. S
Fey Gould
Anne
Countess de Tallyrand
G. W. Ritchie
Paris
Edward S. Evans
Detroit
Linton Wells
Texas
INS
MacArthur
Austin
America
Washington
Truman Defends Acheson As Debate Shifts Defensively
In a period of party tension the Truman administration shifts from defense to offense. President Truman backs Acheson and aims to re enact defense production while probing the China lobby. Senator Morse presses for inquiry into China influence as the era’s political battle lines form around foreign policy and civil rights.
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Sen
Russell
Acheson
Truman
China Lobby
Fu Manchu
China
Texas Ready To Secede
A satirical column argues Texas will seek withdrawal from the union after MacArthur's Austin address. The piece portrays Texas as independent and self sufficient, tired of federal aid, and skeptical of the United States’ governance and global ties.
Truman rails against meat packers over price controls
President Truman privately pressed congressional leaders against price controls on beef charging meat packers inflated prices hurt consumers. He said dairy and poultry farmers would suffer if controls vanished, as cattle interests could outbid for feed grains. He asserted he represents consumers amid a broader anti-control stance.
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Washington
Truman
Mike di Salle
Congress
Paul Brown
Georgia
Murray
Humphrey
Capone
Senate Crime Committee
Senate
Chicago
al Capone
Wyoming
Lester Hunt
Hunt
Humphrey Thung
United States
New Hampshire
Charles Tobey
Tobey
Intercepted Message from Police Chief Seeks Big Gambler Crackdown
The 1951 intercepted note from George H. B. Simms, police chief, to Bernard requests focus on cracking down on major operators rather than small raids. The message calls for tightening enforcement against large-scale vice activity.
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Bernard
Red Leaders Targeted by FBI in Undercover War
Victor Riesel reports on FBI focus to dismantle Communist Party leadership through staged arrests and grand jury indictments. The plan includes targeting top operatives, using unions as fronts, and preparing broad trials to expose the party’s structure and foreign influence. Riesel notes city committees and planned rallies across the United States leading to a Paris demonstration.
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Supreme Court
Brain Truster
Jack Stachel
Justice Department
Reqain
Thenale
Soviets Foreign Office
Red Amy
Victor Riesel
Namic
John Williamson
Afl-Cio
Walter Reuther
Peace” Front
Coeur d' Alene
Idaho
Central “Peace” Organization
Communist Party
Central Committee
New England
Boston
Los Angeles
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Milwaukee
Detroit
Minneapolis
Newark
Connecticut
Chicago
Paris
France
the Gazette
Bill H R 4368 Would Turn $1 Into a Car Buyer
Washington dispatch critiques H R 4368 author Rep Edwin A Ziall seeking to enable all Americans to purchase automobiles with down payments under $1. The piece riffs on price controls, federal chauffeurs, highway safety meetings, and a chaotic Potomac political scene.
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Fishington
Edwin Arthur Ziall
Binghamton
Banking and Currency Committee
Sen. Ferguson
Truman
Fide
Public Utilities Commission
Supreme Court
Potomac
Readers' Forum Letters Critique Party Rails and Anonymity
A Gazette editor notes readers push for publishing letters whenever possible and warns anonymous submissions may be read or published. The writer, Mr. Schneider, is contrasted with early 20th century figures and current party dynamics centering on Taft and Bird amid Republican and Democrat tensions in Bluefield. Howard Smithers.
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Mr. Schneider
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Taft
Bird
Bluefield
Pegler Attacks Haldeman-Julius Anti Christian Propaganda
The column criticizes Haldeman-Julius for publishing anti Christian material and promoting sexual education in a June issue. It lists books by L M Bir khead and attacks Friends of Democracy and its leaders Rex Stout Arthur Golfsmith Louis Nizer and Isidore Lipschutz. It notes connections to The New Masses and The Protestant and mentions legal actions against Joe Kamp Edward Rumely.
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Vios
Haldeman«Julius
L. BM. Birkhead
New York
Friends of Democracy
God
Birkhead
Haldeman-Julius
Halderman-Julius
Jehovah's Witnesses
Campbell Life
Firk~head
Strumer
Hitler
United States
Eleanor Roosevelt
George Seldes
Rex Stout
New Masses
Arthur J. Golfsmith
Waldwart
Louis M. Nizer
John Garfield
Committee On UN- American Activities
FHL
Nizer
Quentin Bernalds
Collier’s
Pageant
Avis Dee Rounian
John Roy
Carlaony
Joe Kamp
Edward Rumely
Congress
Birkhead, Goldsmith
Isidore Lipschutz
Baerk Baering Down On the News
A jumble of garbled prose mocks higher education and college rivalry. It mentions Harvard, Columbia, and Harvard’s football team while joking about academic norms and public protests from Radcliffe chaperones. Eisenhower’s Europe trip is noted with a light, satirical tone.
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Goxvills
Harvard
Radcliffe
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